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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2001
Keizo Suzuki, Aichi-ken, JP;
Hiroki Mori, Aichi-ken, JP;
Hisao Yamada, Aichi-ken, JP;
Toshio Uka, Kochi-prefecture, JP;
Other;
Abstract
In order to provide a steering wheel in which the strength of a wooden member is enhanced and the appearance of the wooden member is improved, a steering wheel comprising: a substantially annular metal core; and a wooden member comprising a plurality of wooden pieces, the wooden pieces being formed from a pure wooden material and bonded together to surround a part or the whole of the metal core when mounted on the metal core; wherein the wooden pieces are formed from a single pure wooden material, and the wooden pieces that are bonded together are formed from adjacent sites of the single pure wooden material, is provided.